AutoCAD 2023: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users

AutoCAD 2023: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers designers and CAD operators interested in learning AutoCAD for creating 2D engineering drawings as well as 3D Models. This textbook is a great help for new AutoCAD users and a great teaching aid for classroom training. The textbook consists of 13 chapters and a total of 548 pages covering major workspaces of AutoCAD such as Drafting & Annotation and 3D Modeling teaching you to use AutoCAD software for creating editing plotting and managing real world 2D engineering drawings and 3D Models.This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools/commands of AutoCAD but also on the concept of design. Every chapter of this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions on how to create mechanical designs and drawings with ease. Moreover every chapter ends with hands-on test drives which allow users to experience themselves the user friendly and powerful capabilities of AutoCAD.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to AutoCADChapter 2. Creating Drawings - IChapter 3. Working with Drawing Aids and LayersChapter 4. Creating Drawings - IIChapter 5. Modifying and Editing Drawings - IChapter 6. Working with Dimensions and Dimensions StyleChapter 7. Editing Dimensions and Adding TextChapter 8. Modifying and Editing Drawings - IIChapter 9. Hatching and GradientsChapter 10. Working with Blocks and XrefsChapter 11. Working with LayoutsChapter 12. Printing and PlottingChapter 13. Introducing 3D Basics and Creating 3D Models